Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here's How
Bob Daemmrich / Alamy Stock Photo School counselors are “shouldering the tremendous responsibility of helping young people heal from the momentous events of the past year and ongoing traumas,” write Justina Schlund and Amanda Fitzgerald for ASCD’s In Service blog, and school leaders, they say, should prioritize counselors’ wellbeing. But there’s no doubt that the stress of this disrupted school year is impacting all educators, and even under more normal circumstances, teachers are besieged by stressful, taxing conditions like overcrowded classrooms, long hours, crushing workloads t...